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KMID : 0895820130230010051
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Journal of Oriental Rehabilitation Medicine
2013 Volume.23 No. 1 p.51 ~ p.64
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The Effect of Dry Cupping Treatment Applied to Back-shu Points on the Autonomic Nervous System through HRV
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Hwang Eun-Mi
Wang Kai-Hsia
Bae Jae-Ik
Keum Dong-Ho
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Abstract
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Objectives：This study was performed to evaluate the effect of dry cupping treatment applied to back-shu points on the autonomic nervous system．
Methods：Two groups of sympathicotonia and normal with each 30 volunteers were set up for this experiment．The sympathicotonia group was selected by the criterion for sympathicotonia by the questionnaire composed of 11 items．After 10 minutes for environmental adaptation, the first HRV(heart rate variability) test was conducted, and then, dry cupping therapy was applied to back-shu points for 5 minutes to stimulate sympathetic ganglia lying along the spine．The second HRV test was carried out just after the cupping therapy under the same condition and then, the third test was repeated after two hours based on the first test time．
Results：1．In sympathicotonia group, SDNN(standard deviation of all normal R-R intervals), RMSSD(the square root of the mean of the sum of the squares of differences between adjacent normal R-R intervals), Ln(HF)(high frequency power), nmHF(normalized high frequency power) increased and mHR(mean heart rate), nmLF(normalized low frequency power) decreased significantly right after dry cupping therapy which means dry cupping affects on autonomic nervous system．The effect lasts in these items of nmLF, Ln(HF), nmHF, rLHF(rate ratio of LF/HF)．2．In normal group, SDNN, RMSSD increased and mHR decreased significantly right after dry cupping therapy, too．But, Ln(LF)(low frequency power), nmLF, rLHF unexpectedly increased and nmLF, rLHF stay increased up to 2 hours．
Conclusions：The results suggest that the dry cupping therapy has effect on the autonomic nervous system．It is effective to stabilize hyper-sympathetic tone of people diagnosed as Sympathicotonia and activate parasympathetic tone.
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KEYWORD
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Dry cupping, Back-shu points, Sympathicotonia, Autonomic nervous system, HRV, heart rate variability
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